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I'm a little fuzzy on some details, but my first experience was in about '73 when I lost my keys (or someone stole them) while I was surfing on the North Shore, at Pipe. My '64 bug had only three wires to the ignition switch. I vaguely knew that one was power (obvious, the big red one...

Wow I hadn't heard of this trick for like, 20 years. Good to know someone is still doing it.

The vapor barrier is a cheap alternative to using a door card material that doesn't crumble with moisture. It's easy enough to cut a bit of thin plywood, seal both sides with poly, and you'll never have to scrw around with the staining, gummy stickum that's used to hold the vapor barrier again.

Had a BMW K100RS bike that would cut out randomly. Two issues occurred, both were common knowledge among those that rode these great bikes over many years and miles. Their solutions may be of use: First, I had replaced the ground wire from trans case to battery ground with a heavier wire...

I think he means the battery box and cover were $30.

Looks like he's above the high tide line, so the sand should be at least dry, and blow out of whatever it's gotten into with a brisk drive on a dry road. Still a dumba** thing to do, but we've all seen worse!

Beautiful picure. The photo posted shows why you didn't finish first by miles: the Porsche isn't even touching the ground! J/K

Your motor and trans mounts look okay. Try to wobble the fan, anything other than simple rotational movement about its shaft suggests the seal has gone bad, and corrosion is destroying the bearing, then the fan has radiator for lunch. A bad seal and bearing may be revealed by observation of a...

As I told a doper acquaintance long ago: "Getting away with it doesn't make it right". He had no response though I could see he was trying to choke up some smart-azz reply.

Cornishman: reading extensive comments in the "Pitfalls" article, the success or failure of your proposed scheme will depend on the applicable motor vehicle registration AND insurance laws read in both states. Add to that the variety of insurance policy mandates, state laws governing...

A long time ago, the u-joint on m steering shaft got rusty of something, and made a very stiff spot in the rotation of the steering wheel. Markus Glarner was a member then are revealed the problem. I took the joint out and nearly boiled it in ATF (heat gun under a tin can) and it's been good...

Car is not a fetish object. No harm in placing an object on it, as long as it doesn't scratch or stain the finish. But to each their own...

Someone mentioned not being able to tell what the parts are, as the description is auf Deutsch. Of course, copy the part number to "the usual" BMW parts fiche source (realoem.com for me) and the part, name, and years used will come up. This is obvious, but since no one responded, guess I'll be...

Wonder if their product has the fit issues so many have reported of other aftermarket pieces. One one hand, I've read Carl Nelson attributes most fit problems to flexed/distorted bodies, while SFDON (I read, again) says many pieces of aftermarket glass aren't a close match. I should, someday...

I was wondering why "Slicktop" and "CS" looked different, somehow, until I recognized that "CS" has early/euro bumpers the other the later/US bumpers. That pic is definitive.

Doesn't look like a sandblasted surface, which would be white metal or some form thereof. Especially on the interior, there should not be any surface rust showing after blasting with most forms of abrasive media, so your floors and tunnel have a way to go. The beige color on exterior body...

Paging SFDon: you advise never to store a fan clutch on its side and I've often read that (though no one ever explains why/not). But how can we know whether fan clutches were stored properly before we buy them?

Got some sparkage, thass fer sherr. "Bondo gives 'er character" "Good ideer to roll this-here winder down" so you have an escape route when the gas can tips over, oh weight he's strapped 'er dern. And first thing, he goes rallying! Gotta love it! But don't wanna mess up the field too...

Fjiord for me, I love that little hint of lavender in it. In person I've seen red, white, Atlantik, malaga, gold... I have Baikal but very faded/sunbaked. Baikal was nice and deep but we get too much UV for it to last, at least in whatever two-stage the PO used.

It's downright criminal that anyone's inner fenders be that bright, clean and shiny. AMHIK...